Karen Panetta, IEEE Fellow, discusses why women in the Middle East and Africa who enter into STEM fields are considered assets to their families. Mainstream Monitoring MICROmanufacturing Magazine, US November/December 2012

Stu Lipoff, IEEE Senior member, discusses how smart phones are playing a role in helping consumers track their own fitness and healthcare.

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) on Thursday signed a partnership deal with the U.S.-based IEEE Communications Society to run the society's wireless communication engineering technologies (WCET) certificate examinations and training.

Steven Cherry, Senior Associate Editor from IEEE Spectrum Magazine, says that stalking on Facebook is easier than users think. In some cases, if you aren’t a user of the social network, the Web site can create a profile for you with information that already exist on profiles of other users, like your friends.

Massoud Amin, IEEE Senior member, discusses Hurricane Sandy and the effect it had on the power grid. According to research conducted by Amin, power outages cost the nation between US$80 billion and $180 billion each year.

Antonio Espingardeiro, IEEE member and independent robotics expert, says the noninvasive form of health monitoring and maintenance has promise for increasing life expectancy by 2030. He also highlights how robots will soon have the ability to detect diseases, unclog arteries, or even provide injections of medications such as insulin.

Carlos Cordeiro, IEEE Senior member and chief architect of standards at Intel Corporation, says that the WiGig is more similar to Wi-Fi than cellular networks. He also highlights that the first products to receive the technology directly from the factory will be computers. By 2013, the tool will be present in smartphones and tablets.

Dr. Jie Shu, IEEE member and Director of the Solar Energy Application Laboratory, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), shares her perspectives on the status quo of solar energy study and application, the technical difficulties of solar energy, the pollution caused by solar energy production, and the way to improve the competitiveness of the industry in China.

Kyle Wiens, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society member and iFixit co-founder, discusses the new features of the iPhone 5, the technical specifications of the new A6 processor, and the iPhone's wireless capabilities with TechCrunch.

Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, IEEE Senior member, discusses the robotic arm system on NASA's Curiosity rover and how it will set a new standard for robotic operations on Mars and revolutionize robotics on earth as well.

Alberto Broggi, IEEE Senior member and professor of computer engineering at the University of Parma in Italy, spoke with MSN Autos and notes that building the infrastructure to accommodate any form of intelligent transportation is often the biggest barrier to widespread adoption. He contends that autonomous cars will need less infrastructure, not more, in some cases.

Antonio Espingardeiro, IEEE member, talks to Humans Invent about Swarm Robots. Swarm robotics is a very recent topic of research which involves creating artificially intelligent systems that can communicate and share information with each other.

Antonio Espingardeiro, IEEE member, discusses the term "cyborg," used to describe human beings whose bodily functions are aided or controlled by some type of technology (pacemakers, cochlear implants and prosthetics).